Appeal No. 97-2477
Application 08/212,908
Opinion
We reverse the rejection of claims 1-24 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph for lack of adequate written
description support in the specification as filed.
We reverse the rejection of claims 1-24 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Dunn and Watkins.
A reversal of the prior art rejection on appeal should
not be construed as an affirmative indication that the
appellant’s claims are patentable over prior art. We address
only the positions and rationale as set forth by the examiner
and on which the examiner’s rejection of the claims on appeal
is based.
The rejection of claims 1-24
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph
In the final Office action (Paper No. 9) on page 2, the
examiner identified the claim features at issue to be the
following:
Claim 1: identifying a fixed and limited number of
descriptors;
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